Search results found for: africa Records and researchSpy or scholar? Meet Dr Curt PrüferMonday 24 September 2018During the First World War, British Intelligence made good use of scholars – notably archaeologists and...Records and research100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth, 18 July 1918Wednesday 18 July 2018Nelson Mandela was born at Mvezo, a village near Umtata, Transkei (now Eastern Cape)...Records and researchEmpire Windrush – 70 years onThursday 21 June 2018Seventy years ago, on 21 June 1948, HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, near...Records and researchAnnouncing a royal birthThursday 10 May 2018It is likely that you heard about the most recent royal birth through social...Behind the scenesPreparing a highly fragmented book for digitisationFriday 27 April 2018At The National Archives, before a historical document is digitised, it passes through a...Records and researchRoyal weddings in history: Prince, Earl and DukeFriday 30 March 2018No other monarch has, arguably, had a bigger impact on the thrones of Europe...Records and researchResearching Colonial Office correspondence: plague in Gold CoastMonday 26 March 2018Researching Colonial Office records can be a slightly daunting prospect as the catalogue detail tends...Records and research100 years since the sinking of HMHS Glenart CastleMonday 26 February 2018Monday 26 February marks the centenary of the sinking of HM Hospital Ship Glenart...Behind the scenesOpening up our prisoner of war collectionTuesday 16 January 2018In December 2014, the Ministry of Defence transferred to The National Archives the series...Behind the scenesNew Year reads: The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkMonday 8 January 2018Winston Churchill said in June 1940, ‘We shall fight on the beaches’… and so...Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archives (Part two)Monday 27 November 2017In the first of this series of blogs, I looked into the early life...Records and researchDiamond cutting for disabled servicemenWednesday 22 November 2017Over 1 million British men were disabled by disease or injury during the First... « 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 16 »